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St. Peter's Mission
& All Saints Church In 1891 the need of services at the Earlestown end of the parish became urgent, so the Rev. H. Monk and his assistant-curate, the Rev. F. W. Johnstone, issued the following notice: | |  |
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Mr. J. Watson Emmett | In the website forums the last few days there have been a few requests for information about Emmetts Brow, where it is and who was its named after, I thought that this extract from an LNWR Book I have would help answer a few questions |
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By WILLIAM BEAMONT. Second Edition, 1878
Time, that great clock which requires no winding up, and possesses what so many dreamers have sought for and sought in vain—the secret of perpetual motion—has also, like other clocks, from time to time, but at longer intervals, its striking times which summon attention and invite us to pause and look back, promising in return something which from the past shall teach the present how to improve the future, and instruct while it amuses us.
CONTENTS.
Part 1. Etymology of Winwick.
Part 2. Oswald, King of Northumbria.
Part 3. The Domesday Survey.
Part 4. The Church.
Part 5a. The Rectors of Winwick. 1192 - 1520
Part 5b. The Rectors of Winwick. 1520 - 1610
Part 5c. The Rectors of Winwick. 1610 - 1659
Part 5d. The Rectors of Winwick. 1659 - 1764
Part 5e. The Rectors of Winwick. 1764 - 1866
Part 6. The Winwick Chantries.
Part 7. The Grammar School.
Part 8. Some Winwick Antiquities.
Part 9. Some Winwick Names and Notabilities.
Part 10. Some Funeral Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard.
Part 11. Bibliography
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Written by Steven Dowd
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14th May 1915: EXTRA ORDINARY SCENES.
Earlestown on Monday night was the centre of a scene absolutely unprecedented in its history. The primary cause was of course; the bitter feeling that has been gradually growing stronger against German aliens throughout the country a feeling which reached fever heat on the day following the sinking of the "Lusitania," gathered in intensity on the Sunday, and then, when Mondays papers told the tale of how Liverpool, had set the example on Sunday evening, it rose to such a height here that there Was no containing it, and "on Monday" night it reached delirium point. |
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A VISIT TO THE WORKS OF THE VULCAN FOUNDRY,
NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS 8th APRIL, 1927.
By the kind invitation of Mr. S. Whalley, General Manager of the Vulcan Foundry, Ltd., Newton-le-Willows, a party of members of the Manchester Centre visited the locomotive works on Friday, 8th April, 1927.
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Around a year ago, I compiled from different sources a history on one of Earlestowns oldest firms, T & T Vicars, somehow, the article has been lost from the database, probably when the website changed Servers some months ago, for those interested, here again is the missing history article |
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